Fantastic Fauna from China to Crimea by Petya Andreeva - 9781399528535

Name: Fantastic Fauna from China to Crimea by Petya Andreeva - 9781399528535
Brand: Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press

Fantastic Fauna from China to CrimeaImage-Making in Eurasian Nomadic Societies, 700 BCE-500 CE\nAuthor(s): Petya Andreeva\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399528535, 978-1399528535\nSynopsis\nNumerous Iron-Age nomadic alliances flourished along the 5000-mile Eurasian steppe route. From Crimea to the Mongolian grassland, nomadic image-making was rooted in metonymically conveyed zoomorphic designs, creating an alternative ecological reality. The nomadic elite nucleus embraced this elaborate image system to construct collective memory in reluctant, diverse political alliances organised around shared geopolitical goals rather than ethnic ties. Largely known by the term \""animal style\"", this zoomorphic visual rhetoric became so ubiquitous across the Eurasian steppe network that it transcended border regions and reached the heartland of sedentary empires like China and Persia.\n\nThis book shows ho.